By Kevin McCauley
Slate, the online journal of the Washington Post, has cut Jack Shafer, its well respected media critic, in a cost-saving move.
A founding member of Slate, Shafer penned the “Press Box” column since 2000.
He plans to do freelance work and contribute to Slate, which Washington Post Co. bought from Microsoft in 2004.
Slate, which has about 40 staffers, is also dropping columnist Timothy Noah, foreign editor June Thomas, and associate editor Juliet Lapidos.
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